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Engage Now Africa, in collaboration with various NGOs and Civil Society groups, organized a community engagement forum aimed at combating online sex exploitation in Ghana. The event drew over 200 participants, primarily parents and guardians concerned about the safety of children in the digital age. Madam Lydia Ohenewaa, a prominent …

Plans are underway to introduce a comprehensive system for towing breakdown vehicles which cause rampant fatalities on roads and highways in the country. Records indicate that many people continue to lose their lives through road crashes involving breakdown vehicles on the shoulder of roads and highways. These avoidable deaths keep occurring …

In a significant financial development, Ghana has received a boost with the disbursement of a US$300 million loan facility from the World Bank. The funds have been officially released for budgetary support, marking a crucial milestone in the country’s economic recovery efforts. The substantial amount was credited to the account …

Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, the National Chief Imam, is delighted with the recent approval of the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, his spokesperson has disclosed. After nearly three years of discussion, Parliament passed the anti-LGBTQ+ bill on February 28, 2024. The bill mandates a prison sentence of up to three years for …

Waste Management Company, Zoomlion Ghana Ltd., in partnership with Graphic Communications Group, has embarked on a clean-up exercise to clean the Eastern regional capital, Koforidua ahead of the Independence Day Celebrations. The clean-up, named the “Cleanest Region Campaign Model Clean-up Exercise,” is part of Zoomlion and Graphic Communications’ collaboration activities …

The Ghana National Tailors and Dressmakers Association (GNTDA) and the Association of Beauticians and Hairdressers have hailed the contribution of the Second Lady of Ghana, Samira Bawumia, to the fashion industry, since assuming office in 2017. In a citation jointly presented by the leadership of the Ghana National Tailors and …

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed the Director of Health Promotion, Ghana Health Service, Dr Dacosta Aboagye, as the new Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). The Secretary to the President in a letter explained that the ap­pointment is pursuant to Section 14 (1) of …

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk yesterday said the passage in the Ghanaian Parliament of the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024” is profoundly disturbing. “The bill broadens the scope of criminal sanctions against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transexual and queer people – simply for …

Renowned economist and elder statesman, Kwame Pianim is advocating for Ghanaian electorates to choose the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as president ahead of NDC’s John Dramani Mahama in the December 7 presidential election. He foresees Ghana’s developmental transformation if the Vice President is elevated to be president. …

A former deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) seems worried about how unfairly the party has treated him over the years. Nana Obiri Boahen who admitted to working tirelessly for the party and ensuring Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo becomes president, said his neglection from the party …